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<LI><em>From</em>: "John Bertoglio" <<A HREF="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 20:14:04 -0700</LI>
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From: J C Lawrence <claw#under,engr.sgi.com>
To: mud-dev#kanga,nu <mud-dev#kanga,nu>
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 2:49 PM
Subject: [MUD-Dev] Mozilla: unity of interface
>
>Consider the following in terms of MUD client interface _and_ MUD user
>interface (currently the MUD command line, potentially something
>differently structured):
<Snipped article at url below>
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>URL: <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/unity-of-interface.html">http://www.mozilla.org/unity-of-interface.html</A>
^ add space and url becomes clickable...just a thought
The release of the source code to Netscape 5 is a potential boon for all of
you system level coders out there. I have no doubt that a person who
grafted the HTML rendering functions of Netscape on top of a telnet client
could build an awesome engine for an online mud. Several attempts at adding
some HTML functionality to a mud client exist but none have the anywhere
near the power of N5. While I actually prefer to design to MS IE 4.0 (don't
hate me because I'm conventional), the advantages of IE could wither
quickly as third-party programmers improve Netscape. I heard a report on
NPR's Tech Nation show that after only a week after release dozens of known
bugs were fixed by legions of clever hackers.
Adding HTML to a text mud allows user interface options that can simply not
be done from a command line as well as allowing the intergration of simple
graphics. The addition of a Web-style interface will bring a new generation
of internet users who *know* the web *is* the internet. I don't mean to
suggest a full graphic mud should be build this way, but it could produce a
client program which could enhance any mud. Coding text output to produce
HTML is easy and can also produce displays with much higher data densities
than the traditional VT100-style output.
Add the chat client described in the article noted above and you can
consider dropping telnet altogether and just run the mud with HTTP and
still retain a look and feel oldtime mud users would be comfortable.
Any thoughts?
>--
>J C Lawrence Internet: claw#null,net
>(Contractor) Internet: coder#ibm,net
>---------(*) Internet: claw#under,engr.sgi.com
>...Honourary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith...
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John Bertoglio
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01143" HREF="msg01143.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01122" HREF="msg01122.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Prescience Rules?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01109" HREF="msg01109.html">[MUD-Dev] ADMIN: OS Wars</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01101" HREF="msg01101.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: [Fwd: Warfare on retromud.org 3000]</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 04:54 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01096" HREF="msg01096.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mozilla: unity of interface</A></strong>,
John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Wed 17 Jun 1998, 03:15 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01085" HREF="msg01085.html">[MUD-Dev] Mozilla: unity of interface</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Tue 16 Jun 1998, 21:40 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01083" HREF="msg01083.html">[MUD-Dev] Is worse better?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01097" HREF="msg01097.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Is worse better?</A></strong>,
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